No Right Turn

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has slammed the police's habit of engaging in high-speed pursuits , arguing that few of them un...

The way the right talks, you would think that government policy was all about wealth and increasing GDP. Today, we have a stark reminder th...

The Auckland Regional Transport Authority has given NZBus until 5pm today to explain when it is going to restore bus services, or it will st...

The Guardian today tries to report that as a result of a court case, it has been forbidden from reporting on certain matters in Parliament ...

Treasury is having one of its regular ideological burps at the moment, with its Chief Executive touring the country spouting ACT policy , wh...

Three News had a scoop tonight on an NZ On Air investigation of National MP finding that she had misused taxpayer's money . A $100,000 ...

The 350.org international day of action is happening in just under two weeks. If you care about the global climate and want to pressure o...

The Auckland Regional Council, which funds Auckland's bus services, has stepped into the Auckland bus lockout telling NZBus that if they...

Italin Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on his legal troubles : The problem, he explained, was that "In absolute terms, I am the most...

Obama, man of peace? No, just a Nobel prize of a mistake The right photographer can strip a leader's power in a flash

Below is the draft of my submission on the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill , which I'll be submitti...

Today, October 10, is the world day against the death penalty . Last year, at least 2,390 people were legally executed , 93% of them in jus...

Today, October 10, is the world day against the death penalty , the day we highlight the global struggle against capital punishment. So, how...

Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize As much as I admire the guy, he has been in office for a mere eight months. During that time he has con...

Winston Peters is back, and spewing his usual stream of racial hatred and immigrant-bashing : New Zealand had suffered a "tsunami...

Today, ACC announced that its liabilities had grown by $4.8 billion in 12 months . Like clockwork, ACC Minister Nick Smith announced that th...

Another batch of Member's Bills currently in the ballot. Previous batches are indexed here : Electricity (Renewable Preference) Amendm...

Carbon News this morning thinks it has a scoop: that the government's ETS deal with the Maori Party was made without reference to offici...

Genocide forgotten: Armenians horrified by treaty with Turkey

That is the conclusion of the High Court in a case brought by IRD against Westpac. The Australian-owned bank structured its finances to ill...